Bill Gates was
born on 28 October, 1955. Of course,nobody needs to be told how wealthy he is
and what the status of his Microsoft is. But today on his birthday, I wish to
discuss a few of his qualities. Because it is my firm belief and it is also the
truth that only a human being’squalities make him greatand successful. A human
being cannot achieve greatness and success by relying on others or simply with
the blessings of someone. And Bill Gates had understood this fact at a very
young age itself. He did not believe in God or Destinyat all. In fact, it is
also a ground reality that he who doesn’t seek the support of God or Destiny,
has to rely on himself alone to achieve success under any circumstances... And
this is exactly what Bill Gates did. But once he achieved the zenith of wealth
and success on his own merit, he certainly became a refuge for millions of
people. No one is unaware of his charitable activities. He has donateda major
part of his wealth for noble causes.
Here, the lesson
to be learnt from him is that we have to become successful on ourown merit.For
that, one shouldn’t seek refugein God or Destiny...But once you become then you
shouldn’t forget God. Then you must love everybody equally like God does and
help others as much as possible. This is the true definition of religiousness.
Even Buddha attained Nirvana on his own merit and then enlightenedthe world
with thatwisdom. That is why Buddha had denied the existence of God. Because,
if God meansseeking refuge, then God doesn’t exist.But we do exactly the
opposite. To achieve success, we rely on God and Destiny and if by chance we
manage to achieve something, then we refuse to care for others. We splurge
everything on ourselves considering it solely ours. That’s exactly why we are
not able to become like Bill Gates. We believe that blessings and destiny is in
God’s hands but the fruits of success are ours. Whereas Bill Gates teaches us
that hard work should be ours and the fruits belong to the whole world. And
this is true religiousness. Religiousness cannot be proven by believing or not
believing in God but by adopting God-likebehaviour.And that is why Bill Gates
is religious despite being an atheist, and billions of people remain atheists
despite regularly visiting temples, mosques and churches.
-Deep Trivedi
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